dana is on red eye. >> bob: i need a new job, probably. week they all showed up here to see you? >> kimberly: i hope so. have a great weekend. bye! >> thank you so much for joining us and welcome to brand new our inside america' america's head . president obama hands over his weekly address to a newtown mom who lost a son at sandy hook. we'll see how her emotional message affects the gun control debate. a miracle on the bali sea. a passenger plane splits in two while crashing into the waters off the resort, but amazingly, everyone survives. we've got their incredible story. and winter just won't leave the midwest.

millions of americans could be dealing with as much as a foot of new snow. we'll get the latest on that from the fox extreme weather center. but first, we begin with growing efforts to help calm t crisis. the secretary of state john kenny working on a series high stakes meetings. the secretary trying to urge leaders there to put pressure on the north korean government amid troubling reports that pyongyang is slowly approaching a deadline to a possible missile launch. greg pal cot is streaming live from south korea. >> reporter: dip low mdiplomacys are heating up. secretary kerry is at this moment in beijing. he's wrapping up meetings there. he's seeing the president of china and a host of other senior officials. china is north korea's number one ally. it's seen as key in getting

pyongyang in line. kerry now claims that the u.s. and china are seeing eye to eye on getting rid of nuclear weapons inside of north korea and a possible missile test. take a listen. >> i just said that we'll both call on north korea to refrain from any provocative steps. >> reporter: this as korean officials are not agreeing to new movement. a u.s. source is telling us here he does not see a launch as imminent, but these rockets are mobile launched and they're quickly readyied. this as preparations continue in pyongyang for the celebration on monday of the birthday of the north korean founder, the grandfather of current leader kim jong un. that date is seen as a possible launch window. kerry's next stop is japan. that country most definitely in the line of fire of any possible

rocket launch coming from north korea. back to you, rick. >> greg, thanks very much. picking up where greg left off, north korea posing a substantial threat not just to its neighbor, south korea, but to another top u.s. ally in the region, japan. take a look at the map showing the proximity of i don't i don'i don'pyongyang totokyo, a metro y home to more than 35 million people including 40,000 u.s. citizens and two of the eight u.s. mail military bases locaten that country. now to incredible video from indonesia. a plane carrying 108 people crashing into the ocean and snapping into two. a spokesman for lion air said the boeing 737 crashed about 150 feet away from the runway while attempting to land on the resort island of bali. rescuers using rubber boats to evacuate all the passengers. about 45 people went to the hospital, but amazingly, no

serious injuries have been reported. now to the gun control battle in washington. congress set to begin debating the legislation next week. the senate is expected to consider several amendments including a bi-partisan agreement to expand background checks on gun buyers. today the white house gave the families of sandy hook victims a national platform to ensure their voices are heard. elizabeth prann has more from washington. >> reporter: the president asked new town mother francine wheeler to give the speech. her 6-year-old son, ben, was murdered in his classroom during the sandy hook shooting in december. she was vi visibly shaken during her very powerful address. >> we have to convince the senate to come together and pass common sense gun responsibility reforms that will make our communities safer and prevent

more tragedies like the one we never thought would happen to us. >> reporter: wheeler is among one of the many faces we've seen in washington this week as victims' families have been lobbying and attending the senate debate to allow a vote on the proposed gun law. some lawmakers such as mitch mcconnell and mike lee feel this isn't getting to the heart of the problem. they say government shouldn't punish law-abiding citizens who exercise their second amendment rights. this legislation is more like an impulsive bandaid, not addressing mental health regulations. >> my concern is that it restricts the rights of law-abiding citizens an does little or nothing to deter the kind of gun violence, the kind of thing that occurred at sandy hook which all of us would like to eliminate, but this is a kind of law that's co confusing and vague for the law abiding. it's very easy for criminals to get around. >> reporter: the senate debate is scheduled to begin on tuesday. even though the senate voted 68-31 to allow the debate to again in the first place, there are certainly ways that members

could stall on the amendment or even the final package of the bill. >> elizabeth prann, thank you very much. recovery efforts are now underway in georgia after a powerful spring storm ripped through that area. strong winds peeling off roofs from many homes, damaging fences. folks say it was unbelievable. >> i heard a very strong wind. i opened up my door just to see what the rain was doing, and i looked behind me and a two by four came through the ceiling about three feet from where i was standing. >> i cannot believe the deaf devastation. look at our roof wrapped around the trees. entire roof is gone, windows busted out. it's pretty rough inside. >> more severe weather expected this weekend. meteorologist janice dean is live in the extreme weather center. >> thankfully the storm that brought the damage across georgia is offshore. we're tracking several more systems that could bring not

only severe weather but snow. snow across the rockies and the northern plains. satellite radar imagery right now fairly quiet. we have a system offshore that will bring rain along the gulf coast. we have a low pressure system across the great lakes, bringing some light rain and/or light snow, and then several storms systems moving in from the northwest that are going to move into the central u.s. and bring us the threat for more strong storms. unfortunately you can see some of that rain and snow moving into the northern rockies and eventually into the northern plains tonight for several inches of snow, so as we go through sunday, you can see we're seeing 6 to 12 inches, maybe even higher amounts. the potential for severe weather across the central u.s. and waiting in the wings, another low pressure that's going to bring more snow to the central rockies including you in denver where temperatures will drop some 30 degrees over the next couple of days. so a severe threat starting tomorrow for parts of oklahoma, through kansas, and then it's

going to stretch into portions of arkansas, up towards mo and illinois, and then wednesday, even thursday the threat for severe weather, there's wednesday's threat for parts of texas in through oklahoma and then some of the same areas, of course, that were hit from last week's round of storms. severe weather not only on the agenda here. we could see the potential for winter weather across the northern plains, the northern rockies, the upper midwest. we could also see some ice here, freezing rain advisories for parts of south dakota. so why spread 6 to 12 inches of more snow on top of the snow that we saw last week. in some areas, higher amounts, especially over the rockies and in towards the northern plains. so unfortunately still winter in a lot of places, and with that cold air comes the threat for severe weather starting tomorrow through the end of next week. back to you, rick. >> all right, janice. nice to see you. janice dean in the weather center. the on line virtual currency called bit coins taking a big

hit. the price climbing to more than $250 on wednesday, only to crash around $54 by yesterday. this as the treasury department is clarifying its position on businesses that deal in bit coins. anita vogel live in the new york city newsroom with more. >> reporter: consider this. you can't see it or touch it, but could bit coins give global currency a run for their money? they're made out of digital data rather than paper, but their value sky rocketed last week and then plunged nearly 73% in 24 hours. the main website that handles transactions said so many people were trading last week, the system crashed. that's what led to the major slide. but others question whether the website may have been hacked. either way, the virtual currency has been gaining popularity over the years to buy things in the real world. it's not backed by the government, and while some people like that idea, currency traders say it's far from a safe bet. >> volatility is the main issue.

we like to see stable exchange rates for mediums of transactions. even traders like to see volatility. this much is undesirable. >> reporter: at least one bar here in new york city takes bit coins next change for food and drinks. customers can use an app on their smart phones and the bar can process the payment using software on a tablet or ipad. >> it's a no brainer for me to accept. i feel though people really knew i could accept them with absolutely no risk, there's no reason not to as long as they have a tablet in their establishment. >> reporter: there's a seedier side. a notorious hacker website called silk road will accept the dough to purchase drugs and other black market items. some have taken a chance on legitimate trade. one man sold his porsche recently for 300 bit coins. someone else is offering their house. back to you. >> wow. that's all i have to say. anita vogel, thank you very much

for that report. well, as millions of procrastinators are scrambling to meet monday's tax deadline, we're learning new details about the president's 2012 tax return. according to the white house, the president paid an effective federal tax rate of 18.4%. he and the first lady earned about $660,000 in income last year. that's almost 200,000 less than they took in the year before. the decrease due to a decline in the president's book sales. rick, authorities investigating the death of a texas district attorney have charged a former justice of the peace with making a terroristic threat. eric williams of north texas is in police custody. his home was searched yesterday as part of the investigation. williams, who is 46 years old, has not been named a suspect in the march 30th deaths of district attorney mike mclelland and his wife cynthia at their home or in the late january death of assistant d.a. mark haase who was fatally shot

as he was leaving work. williams was convicted of theft last year. it's the reason why he lost his job. new video of what's left of a house explosion in wisconsin. take a look at this. the home exploding without warning. it was under construction, so thankfully there wasn't anybody inside. neighbors describe the blast like a bomb going off. >> i was screaming for my wife. the wife said you're bleeding. after i turned the light on, i seen her whole face and her hair and everything full of blood. not a good way to wake up in the morning, that's for sure. >> i'll say. the fire department trying to determine exeacts what caused the explosion. we have sports news for you. nba star kobe bryant's season is over after rupturing his achilles tendon. he is having surgery on it today. he was hurt in the lakers win over golden state last night. the team trainers say the tendon was completely torn but bryant stayed in the game to make two free throws. it's the biggest injury of the

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s. thanks for joining us this saturday. a quick check of the headlines. this was the scene in phoenix, arizona. police there killing a suspect

after they say the man fired through the door of this home with an ak-47. two officers were wounded in the crossfire. also, newly revealed court documents the driver of the charter bus that crashed near dallas on thursday killing two people was involved in another fatal bus accident back in 1989. plus, the world mourning the loss of an american legend, a premiuprima ballerina. she died this week. half native american, she broke color barriers. she was 88 years old. in just a few hours from now, secretary of state john kerry will be arriving in japan for a final round of high stakes meetings on north korea after sitting down with leaders in south korea and china in the layest bid to help ease tensions in the run. molly henneberg is live in

washington with more. molly? >> reporter: secretary kerry was in beijing earlier today meeting with top chinese leertsdz. he said afterwards that both countries, the u.s. and china, are urging northy not to make a tense situation even worse. >> we both call on north korea to refrain from any provocative steps, and that obviously refers to any future missile shoot. i said yesterday in seoul, i addressed it and i called it both unwise and unnecessary and unwanted, and provocative. >> reporter: today secretary kerry said the u.s. and china share a, quote, joint commitment to getting rid of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula. china is one of a few countries that has any sway over the isolated north korean regime as one of its biggest trade partners and close military allies. one of china's fears, experts say, is that north korea collapses as a country and china is flooded with refugees. still, one of china's top

leaders said today after meeting with secretary kerry, quote, china's position on the issue of the korean peninsula is consistent and clear cut. china is firmly committed to upholding peace and stabilityd, and advancing the denuclearization on the process of the peninsula. yet one fox military analyst said china provides key supplies to north korea and should use that as leverage. >> i think they could do a lot more. all they've got to do is turn off the fuel, turn off the food, and things change in a hurry. >> reporter: secretary kerry said general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and william burns, deputy secretary of state, will travel to china later this month to follow up on the discussions today. >> molly henneberg, thank you very much for that report. so where does the situation between the u.s. and north korea stand right now? is washington any closer to resolving this crisis? k.t. mcfarland is a fox news

security analyst, former deputy assistant secretary of state during the reagan administration. i was thinking as i was preparing to talk to you today, what would kissinger do. secretary kerry is in the region. you used to work with former secretary of state henry kis kissinger and i know you've been in touch with him recently and spoken to him about north korea. what does he say? >> rick, you're absolutely right. i talked to him about it this week. he said a couple things. one, it's really china's problem to solve. it's all about china. china does supply the majority, 80% of north korea's food and fuel oil and transportation. they're the ones with the leverage. they're the ones to solve it. he also said something i thought really made a lot of sense. he said, you know, why is the administration continuing to talk about it all the time? they made a statement early on, united states is going to do whatever we have to do to protect ourselves anderson our allies, and then they should have kept quiet. by continuing to talk, by obama talking and kerry talking and hagel talking, and then having

different intelligence analysts, the defense intelligence agency, we're keeping the flame burning. we're continuing to talk about it and what does that do? that really makes the north koreans look more parful, feel for powerful and emboldens them. >> the consensus seems to be as i listen and talk to folks while nobody wants to see north korea with any kind of nuclear capability that the chances are slim to none that they would ever go ahead and use it. >> yeah, but here's the thing about this, rick. we've been saying both parties, republicans, democrats, presidenpresident clinton, prest bush, president obama, we've said for 15 years north korea will never be allowed to get nuclear weapons. we said it continuously and yetsd what have we done to stop it? nothing. north korea is getting nuclear weapons. while the whole world is watching to to see if they'll st off a missile, what's going to happen next, the real story here that nobody's really paying

attention to is the end of this crisis, north korea is going to be accepted as a country that has nuclear weapons. that's what they wanted all along. once they have nuclear weapons, what does that do? south korea's already said they think they should have nuclear weapons. japan, public opinion polls show the japanese feel they should potentially go nuclear. i agree with you. i don't think the north koreans are going to i can with a up tomorrow and say -- are going to wake up tomorrow and say let's nuke san francisco. they'll sell the weapons to iran. we know they buy north korean missiles and you can see in a short order the iranians buying them from north korea and the irananciranias have to look at t happened and say if the world isn't going to stop north korea, that pipp squeak country from getting weapons, nobody will stop up. >> finish your thought there. i didn't mean to interrupt you.

the next thing you see is what? >> i think what happens is if iran gets nuclear weapons, then the countries in the persian gulf get nuclear weapons, saudi arabia, egypt, turkey. you have a world within the decade of a lot more nuclear powers and not necessarily stable, responsible countries where we can be assured that those weapons won't get used. i think it really makes the likelihood of them being used go up exponentially. >> we saw pictures of ahmadinejad. he's got to be loving the fact that all eyes, at least in this country, are on north korea. gives him a chance to try to take advantage of us being distracted, right? >> absolutely, and you're so right to point that out, because just this past week there was a five-party group meeting in kazakhstan about iran's nuclear weapons program. guess what? no progress. in fact, the iranian leaders came out and said nobody is going to stop iran's nuclear program, so i think they really

are two sides of the same coin. north korea gets nukes, iran gets nukes. no matter what we say, nothing seems to be able to stop the. that's why it's so important for us to get a missile defense program. >> how is dr. kissinger doing, kt? >> he's great. there's a picture of me with him right over my shoulder. i don't know if you can zoom on it. he's great. he really is. >> i saw that picture on your website at ktmcdarmcfarland,.co. give him our best. always good to see you, k.t. mcfarland. thanks so much. >> thanks so much, rick. the number of people filing for solar panel tax credits is at an all-time high, but is it causing some state governments to go bust? a live report coming up next. plus a warm home coming for our brave men and women serving overseas. >> we're super excited. we're just so chietd he can help with the boys. we're one big happy family

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so glad you're with us. it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. china's capitol now on high alert as a 7-year-old girl becomes beijing's first confirmed case of a new bird flu virus which has killed 11 people and sickened dozens more in eastern china. pope francis selecting eight cardinals from around the world as his advisors. the group will weigh in on running the church and reforming the vatican bureaucracy. a statue of the late pope john paul ii was unveiled. a businessman saved hi said he s drowning sun and funded it. florida is in top 10 nationally in terms of solar

production. the generous tax credit given to businesses and homeowners is blowing a hole in hawaii's budget. here's more on that. hi, domonic. >> reporter: hey there, rick. with hwe know hawaii is bathed n plenty of sunlight. that's why solar energy is big there. state lawmakers passed this law you're talking about which handed homeowners and businesses a big writeoff. it was to encourage the growth of all the i alternative energy. some say it's worked far too well at the taxpayers' expense. there's a battle to keep or curtail or kill off the solar tax credit. take a listen. >> solar panels are spreading across the roof tops of hawaii. the environment one reason, the other is a huge drop in utility bills from hundreds of dollars a month to less than 20. the real clinic mper here is a 35% tax break on an investment that costs tens of thousands of dollars. so for homeowners who installed

the panels without the tax break and that's the problem for state lawmakers who want to reduce the state's dependency on importing oil but can no longer afford the generous tax break that took 174 million dollars out of the state treasury last year. >> we want to support the energy use in hawaii. there's no doubt about it, but not at the expense of all the taxpayers who are heavily subsidizing this one component. >> the local solar industry is split on whether the break should stay like enviro environmentalists or want to phase it out. >> we cannot sustain this rate. it's about time they get off the training wheels and run on their own. >> and hawaii's tax break is in addition to a 30% federal benefit, so if you can afford that significant up front cost, the tax help from both the state and the feds is actually a huge leg up. one other complaint from

lawmakers, rick, is that homeowners and businesses are getting tax breaks even if they add in more solar panels than they need and sell the electricity back to the power company. rick, back to you. >> thanks, domonic. american businesses now have more job openings than at any other time in nearly five years. the labor department reporting the number of job vacancies jumped 8.7% in february from january. roughly to a seasonally adjusted four million. but employers hired only 2ment 8% more during that period. why so many openings yet so few hires? joining us now, portfolio manager with capitalists pig hedge fun jonathan. >> hi. good to see you. >> great to see you. >> here's the question. where are the openings, jonathan, and in particular are they in a particular part of the country or professions or types of positions with these openings? >> there are openings out there. employers want to hire.

they want to expand their businesses. they want to profit. i think the reason they're not actually turning those openings into hired employees is that unfortunately we've made it that much harder and more expensive for employers to hire employees. you know, effect the posted salary you see. it costs an employer anywhere between one and a half and three times an employer's salary -- an employee's salary to bring them on board. then, of course, you add onto that the taxes, the business regulations, environmental regulations, obama care, and the nrlb. essentially we've made hiring, especially a full-time employee, too much of a risk. >> what would make these companies more willing to hire? >> i think more than anything, it's economic freedom. in a free economic there's actually an unlimited amount of jobs, an unlimited amount of wealth that can be created. a lot of folks on the left and the right have pointed back to the clinton 90s boom economy as something to fashion ours against.

that wasn't an economy, however, defined by higher taxes but lower regulation, and actually a respect for business, not an antagonism and an animosity toward business but an environment that thought business creators were doing something positive for the economy. a lot of business leaders, especially those who have deep pockets to make hires, quite simply feel they've been painted as the enemy. they're guilty before anything happens, and for that reason, they're reluctant to actually put money on the line and take the risk in hiring new workers. >> jonathan, yesterday on happening now, sally coan was on. listen to what she had to say and we'll talk about it on the other side. >> you have private corporations that are sitting on two trillion dollars in unspent money. they're choosing to not create jobs and instead grow the stock market, grow profits, line the pockets of their ceos and regular folks, working folks, their wages are going down and fewer and fewer of them have jobs. >> jonathan, you say what?

>> well, i wish we were growing the stock market even more. i mean, the stock market is about the one positive thing we have. of course, a growing stock market doesn't just benefit fat cat ceos. it benefits everyone including new companies trying to raise money to hire individuals. there's no natural antagonism between ploifers an employers a. both want the economy to flourish. we've given the upper hand to the employees, not the employers. loosen the shackles on them not only so the i stock mact contins to rise so unemployment comes down. >> so is it good, jonathan, that the dow jones closed friday at close to 15,000? >> exactly. this is probably the one o one d leading indicator we have. we don't see it in jobs. we're starting to see the market, the stock market obviously hit new all time highs. this is a positive harbinger, and despite a long period of high unemployment, you know, long term unemployment has doubled under the president,

more than doubled. you'll finally start to see some of those indicators come down and start to see employment rise as the stock market continues to climb. >> jonathan, thank you very much. >> thank you. a warm home coming for one group of soldiers returning from the battle fields of afghanistan. families and friends greeting more than a dozen members of an engineering group with the kentucky national guard after their nine-month deployment. most of them said they are very thankful to be home. >> their faces was the best thing i've seen in ale. i don't think i'll get over this for a little while. >> i haven't seen my son outside of when he was born. i got to see him a little bit on leave, but he's gotten a lot bigger, and my daughter looks totally different. it's exciting. >> the group was responsible for

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other on a bunch of con che tens issues. there was a democratic senator from west virginia who spoke about finding common ground on expanding background checks on gun buyers. >> today's agreement is the first step in common ground that all of us agree is crucial to keep guns out of dangerous hands and keep our children safe. this is a bi-partisan movement. it's a bi-partisan amendment, and we all know that a bi-partisan solution is a lasting solutions. >> we have a professor of law and political science at usc here. good to see you, susan. >> good to see you. >> so do you think, susan, this is an honest change of heart that we're seeing or more about perhaps being on the right side of history or positioning for the mid term elections in 2014? >> probably both, art. don't you agree? some of it certainly is a recognition that this is what

people want and what's striking, you and i talk about this all the time, what's striking is that we know this is what people want. we know this is what we expect of rational adults when they're supposed to be working together, and it's enough of an oddity here in washington that it's actually a showstop per when we see two senators get together and say maybe we can do something about background checks. the president actually, you know, is breaking bread with some republicans to talk about the budget, so it's sort of a step in the right direction, but i'm not holding my breath for the revolution. >> well, if it happens, we will tell advise it, -- televise it, okay? >> absolutely. >> if it's a bit of posturing, you know, if posturing breeds results, who cares, right? >> absolutely i'm with you. i think if they get some positive feedback, i mean, if they get positive feedback which i think they're going to get, and if the outliers on both

sides begin looking more and more like outliers, we might actually restore at least a tiny bit of confidence in government. so i'm all for it. it's one of those things where you, know, who cares why they're doing it. >> exactly. exactly. >> maybe they're just doing it to collect more money and make sure they get to stay there. but if it allows for some progress and allows for some honest debate, look, this gun control bill, it's a modest bill. i think people on all sides will tell you that. it's not fundamentally changing the ground play here on guns, but the fact that we could take even a modest step together and maybe in the background deal with some of the mental health issues which really are vital to these background checks, it means, you know, maybe congress can work a little? that would be good. >> yeah. it would be good. listen, the political jury, the public injury, i should say, is still out. let's look at a recent poll, a gallup poll regarding

congressional approval remaining in a slump. 15% are approving the job that congress is doing which is still a whopping 79% saying guys and gallons, get it together up there, so they have work t to be double play. let's take a look at another big issue, immigration. we'll break it down for a second. susan, the key issues that you think might most likely be agreed upon across the political spectrum. we're getting some progress on the farm worker issue, on those who come here and work in agriculture. i say there's a deal, it looks like, for those folks. i think ultimately, you know, the republican party was out here in hollywood meeting this week which in itself was a big deal. republicans in hollywood? i mean, wow. and the question was well, are you out there just as a symbolic move, or are you actually going to address some of these issues like immigration in a somewhat different way. as you say, art, the jury is still out.

if we can make modest progress on guns, if we can get a deal at least as respects to agriculture workers, then maybe, maybe, we can get from 80% disapproval to 70%. >> right. yeah. >> it would be progress. >> listen. we need those guys and ladies to work for us. after all, we put them there in their jobs. let's talk about this, putting politics aside as we continue. let's talk about immigration and timing. you know, you hear some people saying we need to get this thing happening and pass new laws quickly. do you think that the honest time needs to be applied to this to, you know, cross the ts and dots the is before putting something in the books? >> well, i don't think it's going to happen overnight. i mean, really, i think politics is going to dominate. there's going to be a bunch of republicans sitting there, frankly, trying to calculate where and how far they have to go to begin to break the hold

that the democratic party has on hispanic voters in this country. the impetus for this movement is politics. it's the recognition that, frankly, barack obama in a very real way owes this reelection or at least a chunk of it to the hispanic vote. republicans, if they want to get back in the white house, which they do, are going to need to break that hold. so i don't think it's going to happen overnight. i think there's going to be a lot of debate, art. there's a lot of people who are saying hold on a main, you know. why should people who came to the country illegally get ahead in line over those who played by the rules, so there's a lot of complicated issues. even putting aside the politics about how you do a bill that's fair. that's going to take time. at least people can start working together, and who knows? we might actually make progress. >> that would be a good thing. thank you for acknowledging my comment, about the revolution

will not be televised. >> good talking to you. >> see you next week. >> i want to let everybody remember, you can read susan's syndicated column in newspapers across the country every wednesday and friday. also tomorrow morning, be sure to catch "fox news sunday". chris wallace is going to sit down with florida senator marco rubio, and he's one of the gang of eight senators, by the way, currently working on the immigration deal that su susan d i were talking about. check your local listings for times on your fox broadcast stations, the big fox as shep likes to say. greg? >> when we come back, we're switching gears. crackers have sure come a long way since sal teens are taking up huge space in grocery store aisles. our friends from consumer reports are here with the tastiest ones for your snack dollar. if there was a pill

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>> it's get thing to be picnic season and one key item to pack in the basket is a really tasty cracker. >> i want to go on a picnic. that sounds like a good time.

consumer reports and shop smart magazine is doing some serious crunching. always good to have you here. >> thanks for joining us. >> good to see you. >> everybody loves a cracker. >> i love crackers. >> my kids goes crazy for crackers. >> i go cuckoo for crackers. >> healthy? >> yes these are healthy. we looked at dozens of crackers and tasted them. we were also looking at the health information. we wanted tasty and healthy. >> and portion control, how many of these you can eat. >> yes. i have portion controlled these out. you've got all of these 11 crackers. this is the kashi, original seven grain. this was our healthy winner, and you can get 11 crackers, and it will give you five grams of fiber for only 120 calories. where it fell down was on the sewed. we look to shoot for 140 mill grasp omilligrams of sodium. this came in at 180. >> that's why i grabbed that. i love the salt.

>> i tried this during the break. this is good. it's a low fat trie triscuit. >> it has about half the fat of original triscuit. our tasters said they couldn't taste the difference. >> putting a little hummus on this. >> that's fine. healthy is good. >> this sounds healthy. anything with seed in it. >> we tasted some with lebanon , seeds, whole grains. it sounds healthy. it has a lot going for it. this is from crunch master, a multi-seed, and you can get 15 crackers in a serving, but it's going to cost you 140 calories. these are only 120 calories, and this only had two grams of fiber and five grams of fat, but it was the lowest in sodium at 110 milligrams. >> they're tasty, too. >> they're very tasty. >> i like the seeds. >> of course, our triscuit, a good cracker. >> you couldn't taste the

difference between the original and the low fat. >> i brought them both to see if you could take the difference. >> i actually like the low fat one better. >> i've been eating these for a while. >> low fat is better. you're saving yourself, getting the same amount of fiber, a little less sodium and half the fat. >> who is going to read the tease? >> you? >> sue perry from shop smart. i need a drink of water. >> listen. that's going to do it for us. so glad you joined us. stick around because the fox report is coming up next and harris faulkner takes over now. this is really good. thank you. >> thank you.